<div>Brian Porto joined the Vermont Law School faculty as assistant professor of law in fall 2007. He currently teaches Appellate Advocacy, Legal Writing, Amateur Sports Law, Professional Sports and the Law, and Election Law at VLS and serves as Director of the Sports Law Institute. He is a practicing attorney and served as judicial clerk to Associate Justice Denise R. Johnson of the Vermont Supreme Court, Judge William I. Garrard of the Indiana Court of Appeals, and Associate Justice William Johnson of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.<br>Professor Porto has taught political science at Yankton College in South Dakota, at Macalester College in Minnesota, and at Norwich University in Vermont, and numerous courses as an adjunct professor at community colleges throughout New Hampshire and Vermont. His commentaries about legal and social issues in sports regularly appear on <em>Vermont Public Radio</em>, and he has published extensively. His most recent book, The Supreme Court and the NCAA: <em>The Case for Less Commercialism and More Due Process in College Sports</em>, was published in 2012.</div>

The Supreme Court and the NCAA: The Case for Less Commercialism and More Due Process in College Sports

<div class="ExternalClassB649983559D845078045D26A1276B8C1"><p>​<em>The Supreme Court and the NCAA: The Case for Less Commercialism and More Due Process in College Sports</em>, The University of Michigan Press, 2012</p></div>

New Rules for an Old Game: Recent Changes to the NCAA Enforcement Process and Some Suggestions for the Future

<div class="ExternalClass1CA16C8FCCEB4FD793775B22844427D8"><p>​<span style="font-size:11pt;">​<em>New Rules for an Old Game: Recent Changes to the NCAA Enforcement Process and Some Suggestions for the Future, 92 Oregon Law Review 1051 (2014)</em></span></p></div>

Less Is More and Small Is Beautiful: How Vermont's Campaign-finance Law Can Rejuvenate Democracy

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​<em>Less Is More and Small Is Beautiful: How Vermont's Campaign-finance Law Can Rejuvenate Democracy</em>, 30 Vermont Law Review No. 1 (Fall 2005), 1-41.​
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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Title IX and the Battle for Gender Equity in College Sports

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​<em>The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Title IX and the Battle for Gender Equity in College Sports</em>, 41 Res Gestae (the magazine of the Indiana State Bar Association) (November 1997), 26-38. Winner of Second Prize, Harrison Legal Writing Competition, 1997.​
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New Hampshire’s New Statute of Limitations for Child Sexual Assault: Is it Constitutional and is it Good Public Policy?

<div class="ExternalClass475B5A43503447598E1CD2BBA05C9021"><p>​<em>New Hampshire’s New Statute of Limitations for Child Sexual Assault: Is it Constitutional and Is it Good Public Policy?</em> 26 New England Law Review (Fall 1991), 141-172.
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Athletic Scholarships as Contracts of Employment: The Rensing Decisions and the Future of College Sports

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​<em>Athletic Scholarships as Contracts of Employment: The Rensing Decisions and the Future of College Sports</em>, 8 Journal of Sport and Social Issues (1985), 20-37.
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College Athletics on Trial: The Mark Hall Decision and its Implications for the Future

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​<em>College Athletics on Trial: The Mark Hall Decision and its Implications for the Future</em>, 8 Journal of Sport and Social Issues (Winter/Spring 1984), 22-34.
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<div class="ExternalClass2E0E052C525B45819682D9C5A4D7EDB7"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">​Moderator of Panel Discussion on "Legal Issues in School Sports", South Royalton, VT, March 2013</span></p></div>

Masters of Pervasion: Rhetorical Techniques of the Supreme Court’s Best Writers

<div class="ExternalClass093CEBD8ACEA4D6AAFAD70D6982586CE"><p>​Masters of Pervasion: Rhetorical Techniques of the Supreme Court's Best Writers, New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers, South Royalton, VT September 12, 2014</p></div>

Still Useful After All of These Years: The role of Client Advice Letters in Producing Practice Ready Lawyers

<div class="ExternalClass589AEF2A73664A1F8E96D5E07175AB72"><p>​Presenter, "Still Useful After All of These Years: The role of Client Advice Letters in Producing Practice Ready Lawyers", New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers Annual Conference, Concord, NH, December 2011</p></div>

Reform or Revolution? Assessing Proposals and Prospects for Change in College Sports

<div class="ExternalClass85D42EAF15F0401DB38B5020CEF2ECE0"><p>​Guest speaker, "Reform or Revolution? Assessing Proposals and Prospects for Change in College Sports," The Summit on Sports Reform, Lake George, NY, November 2003.</p></div>

What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: Title IX and the Legal Battle for Gender Equity in College Sports

<div class="ExternalClass1259287B7E624F68992B7B1D935DAD07"><p>​"What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: Title IX and the Legal Battle for Gender Equity in College Sports," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, September 3-6, 1998.</p></div>

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​Guest speaker, "Continuing the Revolution: Title IX and the Reform of College Sports," ​University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, November 1994.
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